There are two ways that you can get to this year’s super-duper-mega conference in Fort Lauderdale, Sept. 20 to 22.

• The Terry Harper Memorial Scholarships. This program is specifically designed to get journalists to the conference. It includes:

— A convention registration
— Three nights stay at the convention hotel, Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
— Airfare to Ft. Lauderdale(Up to $250)
— Tickets to the convention’s two ticketed meal events

• The Diversity Leadership Fellows Scholarship. I was part of the first class of fellows back in 2005. It’s designed to encourage members from diverse backgrounds to pursue greater participation and leadership within SPJ. In my case, it worked! I’ve served on the national board and the Diversity Committee, and now I am the national Membership Committee chair. This scholarship includes:

— A convention registration
— Four night stay at the convention hotel, Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
— Airfare to Ft. Lauderdale (Up to $300)
— Tickets to the convention’s 2 ticketed meal events

If you’ve been to a national SPJ convention you know it’s jam-packed with great training and networking opportunities for journalists across the mass media spectrum. The partnership with RTDNA proved very potent for last year’s convention in New Orleans, yielding more great speakers and programs than ever.

Read More: The EIJ 2011 recap

I encourage members who may not have the conference in their budget to apply for one of the two scholarship opportunities! The deadline for both is June 11.

Holly Edgell with Jason Lamb, reporter at KTUU-TV in Anchorage, at EIJ 2011 in New Orleans.

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